Radial forearm free flap donor site morbidity: Ulnar-based transposition flap vs split-thickness skin graft

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-43

  Jaquet, Yves ^a,b   Enepekides, Danny J ^a   Torgerson, Cory ^a   Higgins, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIAL FOREARM FREE FLAP; RADIAL NERVE; RADIUS; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND CLOSURE; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HAND STRENGTH; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84855976223     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.216     Document Type: Article

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